``It's really a one-game deal,'' Lieberman told the AP. ``My motivation stems from the fact that I love this game and I never stopped playing it, whether it's a pickup game with Deion Sanders and Tony Romo at a church or at a park with my son.''

The deal comes a day after the Shock announced that Cheryl Ford tore her ACL in Tuesday night’s game. Ten players and Detroit assistant Rick Mahorn were suspended on Thursday for their roles in a fight that aggravated Ford's injury..

"This is not a gimmick,'' Detroit coach Bill Laimbeer told the Associated Press. "I talked to her last year about this and again two weeks ago. This opportunity probably would've happened if we didn't have the incident the other night.''

The Comets (12-12) will face Detroit (16-9) at 8:30 p.m. at Reliant. The game will be on ESPN2.